Arthur
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Arthur Rothstein was a prominent American photojournalist best known for his powerful documentary photographs of the Great Depression and rural life for the Farm Security Administration.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Arthur canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11513815 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Arthur Context triple: [Arthur Rothstein, givenName, Arthur]
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Arthur
Arthur is a long-running animated children's television series that follows the everyday adventures and life lessons of Arthur Read, an anthropomorphic aardvark, and his friends and family.
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Arthur
Arthur is the given name of Arthur Coningham, a notable British Royal Air Force commander during the World Wars.
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Arthur
Arthur is the given name of the renowned American playwright Arthur Miller, known for works such as "Death of a Salesman" and "The Crucible."
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Arthur
Arthur is the given name of Arthur Garfield Hays, a prominent American civil liberties lawyer associated with the early American Civil Liberties Union.
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Arthur
Arthur is the given name of Arthur Stanley, 5th Baron Stanley of Alderley, a British peer and member of the aristocratic Stanley family.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Arthur Target entity description: Arthur Rothstein was a prominent American photojournalist best known for his powerful documentary photographs of the Great Depression and rural life for the Farm Security Administration.
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Arthur
Arthur is the given name of Arthur J. Ornitz, an American cinematographer known for his work on several notable films in the mid-20th century.
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Arthur
Arthur M. Sackler was an American psychiatrist, art collector, and philanthropist known for his influential role in medical advertising and for his extensive donations to major art institutions.
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Arthur
Arthur is the given name of Arthur Dove, an early American modernist painter known for his abstract works inspired by nature.
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Arthur
Arthur is the first name of American professional golfer Art Wall Jr., best known for winning the 1959 Masters Tournament.
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Arthur
Arthur is the given name of the renowned American playwright Arthur Miller, known for works such as "Death of a Salesman" and "The Crucible."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
documentary photographer
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human ⓘ photographer ⓘ photojournalist ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1915-07-17 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1985-11-11 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Columbia University ⓘ |
| employer |
Farm Security Administration
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Look magazine ⓘ Parade magazine ⓘ |
| familyName | Rothstein ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
documentary photography
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photojournalism ⓘ |
| genre |
documentary photography
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social documentary photography ⓘ |
| givenName | Arthur ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Anne Rothstein
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Hal Rothstein ⓘ Roberta Rothstein ⓘ |
| hasPhotographicSubject |
American landscapes
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Great Plains dust storms ⓘ World War II-era subjects ⓘ rural poverty in the United States ⓘ sharecroppers ⓘ tenant farmers ⓘ urban life in the United States ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | New Deal photography ⓘ |
| name | Arthur Rothstein ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
photographs of rural American life
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photographs of the Great Depression ⓘ work for the Farm Security Administration ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Dust Storm, Cimarron County, Oklahoma
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Fleeing a dust storm, Cimarron County, Oklahoma ⓘ
linked to:
Oklahoma dust storm photograph
Great Depression documentary photographs ⓘ
linked to:
New Deal photography programs
rural life documentary photographs ⓘ |
| occupation |
editor
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photographer ⓘ photojournalist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Manhattan
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New York City ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | New Rochelle, New York ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
director of photography at Look magazine
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director of photography at Parade magazine ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Grace Rothstein ⓘ |
| workedOn |
Farm Security Administration photography project
ⓘ
linked to:
Farm Security Administration
|
| workedWith | Roy Stryker ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Arthur Description of subject: Arthur Rothstein was a prominent American photojournalist best known for his powerful documentary photographs of the Great Depression and rural life for the Farm Security Administration.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.